I know a lot people don't have this problem on this forum, but I figured I can get some advice. I'm a 58 yo male with prediabetes, I have gone on a vegan diet in order to stave off diabetes. The problem is that weight is down to 160lbs with my height of 6 ft3 in. People say that I look too skinny. Am I losing too much weight or muscle mass? Any ideas?

At your current weight and height, you are still at a normal, healthy body mass index (BMI), 20.0 kg/m2 to be exact (the normal range is 18.5-24.9 kg/m2).

However, if you are in what you feel like is a downward spiral of weight loss and trying to prevent getting too low, then you will need to, at the risk of oversimplifying, eat more food. For people who think they couldn't possibly eat more, I would suggest trying higher calorie foods that are easier to consume such as pure fruit juice, plant milks, dried fruits, and pasta.

With prediabetes or diabetes, you do not want to pack in those extra calories with fat, however, because you will then be setting yourself up for increased risk of insulin resistance - exactly what we're trying to avoid with these conditions.

I read about some Chicago nurses study where they proved there is no such thing as too thin. (illness-related weight loss aside of course) I think they have proved the same thing for men in some other study? I found Dr Fuhrman's Eat to Live very helpful in straightening out the record what is myth and fact when it comes to nutrition. If you're always hungry that is something else, then you're not eating enough. If you feel satisfied with your meals and have plenty of energy, then you're getting enough calories... maybe you just have a slim build (you can always work out to build muscle mass like you said ) or maybe people just get used to seeing you and others looking overweight and think it is normal. I am also slim (female with bmi 18.5) and I get so fed up of people making negative comments about celebrities who they think look too thin... yes there are unhealthy ways to lose weight and there is also such a thing as anorexia but if you're eating a healthy diet and eating more than salad when you're hungry then you do not fall into those categories! And if you want to beat the diabetes then keep up the healthy diet and trust your weight to stabilize where it needs to be!

yes there are unhealthy ways to lose weight and there is also such a thing as anorexia but if you're eating a healthy diet and eating more than salad when you're hungry then you do not fall into those categories!